Retort-charging apparatus.



PATENTED MAR. 20,1906.

' YE .KUR,TINVG.

W 'RETORT QHARGING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG. 2, 1904 R S -"KQ T I NQQ F: MARi ENnoRF; NEARBERLI GERMANY, AssmNoR TO THE 'FIRMUOF'DESSAUER VERTICAL-OEEN- GESELLSCHAFT M, B. H'.,

l ,"OFBERLIN,'G MA N "To wh b inl it moi concern! Be it known that LEnigsrKonrrfim-a sub' :No". 315,438; Q,

eject of the German Emperor, and a resident of Mariendo17f,near-Berlin; Germany, have invented" certain new and useful Improvements in Retort-Charging; Arrangements, of

i 'which the following jis'aspecificatiom I My invention relateste'im rove'ments in the -'charg1ng arrangementvertical ga'sto rodiicing' retorts whereby the gases arising v :oQpipedalfandcan bebroughii into a position -v foals-direction upw ard,-and that the other cornartrnent communicates laterally with the m the opened retorts fire "collected and conducted upward a into the atmosphere,- so (thatzthe laborers'on thetop of. thejoven are protected from the gases during theeharging operation and the object's of my improve exactly aboveta,vertiealretorflso thatit will conduct the gasesf'rorn the ,latt'er'iin avertist compartment and {serves as a hopper proper, it receivingjthe coal iroma' stationar opp'e'r,above'an fallowing-the..coal to jal -hoppers above two neighboring'vertical prov I tect1ng-platesparallel toand near" the ex-" '7 imo the retort; second,' ;tofprovide' a vertical protecting .-.plate on thel traveling hopper,' which reaches down tofn'ear the'top sur ace of the oven and keeps thegases the laborer ,iand 'Jthird, m case'ftith traveling =ternal suspendedirails, axrdtdleavelbetween i the two stationary hoppers above an opening which serves as a chimney for the: escaping gs xs'es'.v I attain these objects by the arrangement illustrated, iflthe accompanying draw 4.035111%? p g I if. I igure l is 1a vertical cross+seetionthrou 'h. a gasgeneratin "apparatus with two'paral e1; rows oflvertica retortsland thro'ngha stage I above. with" two statio a y h pi fi a fOQ t ling o pers, ;o. which-1 one tati nary hop er and one traveling,-hOppL-filflhown I in e ev'ation; 'andi Fi ,"2 is .a horizontal-see,

ing apparatus providedwith therowsof-vortiffereii e ef 1w I :Speciflcation ofiietters Patent PatentedMarch QO, 1966." a t filpplioation ma Deoepiber2.1904. stamin 2a5,194'.'

a stage 13 ofv any known'construetion is dis "posed, which-carries four suspended parallel cal retorts 1 1; Above the top 12 of the oven rails '14 14 for the two traveling hoppers 2 '2. -E30h traveling hopper 2is divided by apar-J,

t'ition-wall 10 into two compartments 9 and '1-1, of which the one 11 is parallelopipedal and in the central plane .of the one row- 0f re-' torts 1, while the other compartment 9 communicates below with the firstv compartment 11, its inclined hopper wall 6 ending in the plane'of' the partition-wall. v Th'etwo traveling hoppers 2 2 areipr'eferably placed so .high as to-leave sufficient room for opening the charging-doors 1515, of the vertical rep Onthe external sides of the two I v H o plates"? -7 are secured, which reach down .to'

torts 1 12. i traveling hoppers two vertical ;protecting near the topsurface 12" of. the ovenj and are preferably made wider than thehoppers 2'2. (SeeFi'g. 2.) In' the stage13 aplnrality; of.

'stationa'ryhoppersfi 3' are disposed in pairs and in thejvertical cross-planes of the several 5, vertical retorts'l 1- inboth rjowfi vThestationary-ho pers3 3 are toreceive. "coal from cars(nots ownl'on thetwo'rail-tracksllfi16' 1 andare each apgpvidedfwith' a 'va1ve" i(not own-constructionfor'clos sh o y;

g aInd opening their bott .i g res f-which latter are disposed in t e vertical cross-planes {of .thelretorts 1 '11: inzbo'th rowsi and in, the vertical longitudinal; central f planes vof the compartments 9 9of the two I traveling hoppers 2 2.; Each "pair of-station ary hoppers; 3 may' be placed-fin beams-.17 of the stage 13and areso'constructed asto leave between tliem anopenin'g or a spape'8 which'serves as achimney;

' The arrangement describ'ed is .o1ief ted"as-- the. I charginidoors 1'5 15 of the latter are openedp'so ,t at the gases arising therefrom follows; The two jtravelin'g hoppers12 2 are moved .on the suspended rails l i 1; over the [two vertical :reto'rts 1 n 1 ,t'o be charged. LThen' pers.2 '2 and escapenpward in the direction,

- 'ofj the' arrowsjcj' e through the chimney 83mm I the atmospheraYThe laborers go around and 1 P themselves before the protecting-plate i ;7 7 and are thus protected from the escaping They then open-the two stationary hoppers 3 3 by means of the respective valves,

as usual and allow acertain quantity ofcoal to fall through the compartments 9 9 into the retorts 1 1 in the direction of the arrows b'b,

after which the stationary hoppers 3 3 and the charging-doors I5 are again closed.

n'g hop' ers 2 2 may then be moved The trave on to charge the ollowing retorts '1 1 in the same-manner.

I The charging arrangement may be varied in many respects without deviating from the spirit of my invention. The construction of the "gas-producing apparatus .is immaterial,

the only point being that the char g' atrangement is chiefly intended for c arging vertical retorts. A single row of retorts may be, employed, in which case of course a single traveling hopper 2 and a single rail-track '16 with a single row of stationary hoppers 3 will sufiice. Then a wall may be preferably provided'whichreaches. from the top surface 12 -of the oven to the top surfac'eof the stage 13 and leaves spaces 8 for the escaping gases. 1

What -I claim as m invention, and desire toscure by Letters; atent, is- I 1 1. In an apparatus for cha g vertical gas-retorts, the combination wi tli a traveling opper adapted to be moved overan retort in a row, of a vertical partition-wall ividing said traveling hopper into two compartments,

of which the one is parallelopipedal and per mits the gases from the opene retort to vertically escape, and the other compartmentserves as a hopper proper and communicates below with the first compartment, means for dro ping-coal into the other compartment, so t at it falls into the retort, and a protecting-plate secured on the outside of the other compartment and reachin down to near the top surface of the-oven, w ereby the laborer is protected from the gases escaping from the opened retort.

2. In an apparatus for char ing vertical as-retorts the combination wit a travelingopper adapted to be moved over an retort in a row, of a vertical partition-wall ividing said traveling hopper into two compartments, of which the one is parallelopi edal and permits the gases from the opene retort to vertically escape, and the other compartment,

"serves as. a hopper pro er and communicates per and having their bottom openi below with the para lelopipedal compartment, a protecting-plate secured on the outside of the other compartment of said traveling hopper and reaching down to near the top surface of the oven, a pluralit ofstationary' hoppers above the path of sai traveling hops in the vertical cross-planes of the severe retorts and in the,vert1cal longitudinal central plane 1 of the other compartment of, saidtraveling hopper, and a lurality of spaces or openings on one side 0 said plurahty of stationary hoppers in the vertical crossplanes of the several retorts and serving as chimneysfor the gases passing through the parallelopipedal' compartment of the traveling hopper.

' v3. The combination with a gas-producin apparatus with two parallel rows ofvertica gas-retorts, of two traveling hoppers adapted to be moved over either retort of both rows, each traveling hopper being divided by a vertical partition-wall into two compartments,. which the one is parallelopipedal andpermits the gases from thelopened respective retort to vertically escape and the other compartment serves as a hopper proper and communicates below with the parallelopipe dal compartment, a protecting-plate secured on the outside of the other compartment of each of said two travelin hoppers, two par allel rowsof 'stationa lloppers above. the

- paths of said two trave ing hoppers and havmg their bottom openings 111 the vertical cross-planesof the several retorts in 'both rows and the vertical longitudinal central lanes of the other compartments of said two ra'veling hoppers, and a plurality of spaces or openings between said two parallel rows of stationary hoppers and serving as chimneys for the gasesescapin from the'parallelopipe-' dal compartments 0 both traveling hoppers;

4. In an apparatus for charging vertical as-retorts, the combination with a travelin opper adapted to be moved over any one 0 several retorts, of a vertical partition-wall dividing said traveling hopper into two comartments of which one permits the gases om an open retort to vertically esca e and the other compartment serves as a op er proper and communicates at the bottom with .the first compartment, and means for feeding material into the'latter compartment.

;opening being vertically over said retort, a

partition forming a vertical compartment oversaid opening and a second compartment at one side of the aforesaid compartment, the two said compartments communicating at their lower ends, substantially as descri In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses. e ERNST Kon'rmc. Witnessesi PnRoY Gnomir Lanosa,

PAUL RUDOLPH.

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